[Dspace-general] Communicating with DSpace

[William Reilly]

On Mar 1, 2006, at 4:09 AM, Rui Gamito wrote:
> Hi all.
>
> What would be the best place to look for an API, or something of the 
> kind,
> for communicating wwwith DSpace?
> I'm asking this because I want it to be possible to access DSpace
> "information" through other applications.
>
> Thanks,
> Rui
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Hello Rui,

Cross-posting this response to the dspace-tech list (vs. -general).

You should have a look at the (still forthcoming) "Lightweight Network 
Interface" (LNI) set of Web Services that are in development:
	http://wiki.dspace.org/LightweightNetworkInterface

Our project is currently testing the new functionality the LNI 
provides: an implementation of most of the WebDAV protocol, talking to 
the DSpace Content API.  SOAP methods on top of this are provided as 
well.
	http://cwspace.mit.edu/wiki/LightweightNetworkInterface

We'd be interested to learn more about what sorts of uses you would put 
such exposed services to.

Best,

William Reilly
Technical Analyst
MIT Libraries' Digital Library Research Group
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